Deputy Head (Pastoral)
Silcoates School
Wakefield, West Yorkshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st September 2018
- Apply by:
- 5 February 2018
Job overview
Deputy Head (Pastoral)
Required for September 2018
Silcoates School is a successful independent co-educational day school with a long and proud history. We achieve excellent academic results and offer a broad and stimulating variety of extra-curricular activities. We are looking for a talented and dynamic individual to complement our existing team, in the new, challenging and exciting role of Deputy Head (Pastoral). Silcoates School is set in 50 acres of grounds in Wrenthorpe, near Wakefield, within easy reach of the M1 and M62, offering an all-through, fully co-educational day school experience for children from 3 to 18.
The role is a key part of our Senior Leadership Team (SLT), responsible for overseeing child protection and safeguarding, pastoral care, pupil discipline and well-being, in order to ensure the provision of a safe, caring, friendly and stimulating environment. He or she will work with other SLT colleagues, the School Nurse, the Chaplain and the Heads of Section, as well as liaising with individual staff members about pastoral matters. This is a highly prominent role for our school and you must continually review and improve our pastoral provision, maintaining excellent standards and supporting all pastoral staff.
The successful candidate will have extensive pastoral experience and be able to display responsibility for whole school initiatives in the past. They must be able to demonstrate that they are an effective and experienced leader, who can help to promote pastoral care within the School. This is a wide-ranging role encompassing all areas of school life and it is essential that the post holder is a strategic thinker, capable of winning the respect of the pupils, staff and parents.
Full details of the post are available on our website: https://www.silcoates.org.uk/key-information/vacancies/
Silcoates School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and DBS.
Closing date: Monday 5th February, 4pm
Interviews: Week commencing 26th February
Attached documents
About Silcoates School
Silcoates is a 3 to 18 school which seeks to bring out the very best in every pupil through instilling in them a love of learning and a willingness to seize every opportunity they are given. Whilst many of our pupils begin their life at Silcoates in the Junior School, others join aged 11 and 16 (and at many points in-between!). This continuity serves to embed the skills and qualities that make our pupils enthusiastic and effective learners. It also ensures that they develop strong and life-long friendships with their peers. New pupils to the School are given an especially warm welcome and they soon feel valued members of our community.
Whilst we are academically selective, the pupils have a broad range of abilities and needs and thus we have a curriculum that becomes increasingly flexible as pupils develop their own strengths and aptitudes. However, the most academic will succeed at Silcoates, with recent leavers obtaining places at Cambridge and Durham universities and medical school. The breadth and variety of our curriculum is matched by the range of activities on offer outside the classroom. Having all the School on one site enables the pupils in the Junior School to benefit from the vast array of facilities on offer, from the all-weather playing surfaces to the indoor swimming pool to the fully-equipped Drama Studio.
Sport and exercise are important features of life at Silcoates. Boys are introduced to our core sports of rugby, hockey and cricket in the Junior School and, due to our size, most have the opportunity to play for the School throughout their career; girls are equally as competitive in hockey and netball.
All pupils are given every encouragement to express themselves in the full range of artistic activities and push themselves way beyond their comfort zones through going on trips and expeditions abroad. The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme is very well established and several pupils achieve Gold every year. ‘Grit’ and determination are also evident on our biennial expedition to Tanzania.
The principal accolade that many parents and former parents afford the School is that it is a warm and welcoming community and that their children make friendships here that last them a lifetime.
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